Events

We host a variety of events, both in-person and online. Discover our events programme below, and sign up to attend insightful, engaging discussions about books and to meet your favourite authors.

March 2025

Wednesday5th

Emily P. Webber - Mining Men

5th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday6th

There She Goes: New Travel Writing by Women

6th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday12th

Lorna Gibb - Rare Tongues

The Secret History of Hidden Languages

12th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Lorna Gibb - Rare Tongues at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday13th

Natasha Brown - Universality

13th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday18th

Rivers Solomon - Model Home

18th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday20th

Dan Richards - Overnight

Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark

20th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Dan Richards - Overnight at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday26th

Papercut Punk - Folk Art Papercutting Masterclass

Folk Art Papercutting Masterclass with Papercut Punk

26th March 2025, 6:30pm, Class / workshop at The Portobello Bookshop

Papercut Punk - Folk Art Papercutting Masterclass at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday27th

David Keenan - Volcanic Tongue

A Kick up the Arts Live Podcast Recording

27th March 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

David Keenan - Volcanic Tongue at The Portobello Bookshop

April 2025

Tuesday1st

Kitchen Table with Emily Cuddeford & Rachel Morgan from Twelve Triangles

Simple Things Made Well

1st April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Kitchen Table with Emily Cuddeford & Rachel Morgan from Twelve Triangles at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday16th

Kit de Waal - The Best of Everything

16th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday24th

Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin - Ordinary Saints

24th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Monday28th

Lanre Bakare - We Were There

How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain

28th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Lanre Bakare - We Were There at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday29th

Seán Hewitt - Open, Heaven

29th April 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

May 2025

Saturday3rd

Meet Robin Ince - Public Book Signing

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity

3rd May 2025, 3:00pm, Other Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Meet Robin Ince - Public Book Signing at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday7th

Nadine Aisha Jassat - The House At The Edge of The World

7th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday8th

Katie Goh - Foreign Fruit

8th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Wednesday14th

Anne de Marcken - It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

14th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Tuesday20th

Michael Pedersen - Muckle Flugga

20th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday29th

Heather Darwent - A Sharp Scratch

29th May 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

June 2025

Thursday5th

Charlotte Runcie - Bring the House Down

5th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Thursday19th

Krystal Evans - The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

How to Survive a Fire and A Chaotic Upbringing (Without Losing Your Sense of Humour)

19th June 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

Krystal Evans - The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp at The Portobello Bookshop

Monday30th

An Evening with V.E. Schwab - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

30th June 2025, 7:30pm, Book Event at Traverse Theatre

July 2025

Tuesday15th

Alice Slater - Let the Bad Times Roll

15th July 2025, 7:00pm, Book Event at The Portobello Bookshop

September 2025

Monday8th

An Evening with Ocean Vuong - The Emperor of Gladness

8th September 2025, 7:30pm, Book Event at Assembly Rooms

Previous events:

February 2025

Thursday27th

Heather Parry - Carrion Crow

Wednesday26th

Chris McQueer - Hermit

Tuesday25th

Eimear McBride - The City Changes Its Face

Thursday20th

Gutter Issue 31 Launch

Wednesday19th

Camilla Grudova - Short Story Masterclass

Uncanny Short Story Masterclass with author Camilla Grudova

Thursday13th

Kirsty Logan - No & Other Love Stories

January 2025

Thursday30th

Edward Ross - Graphic Novel Masterclass

Graphic Novel Masterclass with Comic Book Artist Edward Ross

Tuesday28th

Nicola Dinan - Disappoint Me

Tuesday21st

Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You

Thursday16th

Roberta Hall-McCarron - The Changing Tides

December 2024

Friday13th

Cancelled

Indigo Dyeing Winter Workshop

Indigo Dyeing Workshop with Jeanette & Ellie Evelyn Orrell

Tuesday10th

Hayden Thorpe - Ness

Live Music Performance with Q&A